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LONDON, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Airplane salvage companies, which operate much like junk yards for cars, are having a banner year in Britain and elsewhere, an international trade group said.

MINSK, Belarus, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- The European Union Parliament said it adopted a resolution that supports maintaining sanctions against Belarus officials to prompt greater democratization.

ROTHLEY, England, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- The parents of Madeleine McCann said in a holiday appeal they long for the safe return of their missing daughter to their home in England.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- A random sampling of 1,028 U.S. lakes rated the condition of 56 percent as good and the rest poor or fair, the Environmental Protection Agency said Friday.

BELFAST, Northern Ireland, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- British soldiers in Northern Ireland are being warned dissidents may use women to lure them into ambushes this holiday season, a security force source said.

NEW YORK, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Eighty-eight percent of U.S. adults ages 19-29 say it is important for Congress to pass healthcare reform legislation, a survey indicates.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has until Saturday to stitch a 60-vote healthcare compromise if a Christmas Eve vote is to be taken, aides said.

KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- The European Parliament said in an approved resolution it deplores crimes against humanity occurring in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Doorknob hangars saying "Be Tsunami Ready" are being distributed throughout San Francisco to coincide with updated inundation maps, officials said.

NEW PLYMOUTH, New Zealand, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- A family of three and a family friend were rescued Friday from a capsized pontoon boat off the coast of New Zealand's Taranaki Region, police say.

BRUSSELS, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- A Eurojust spokesman said the chairman of the board for the European Union's anti-crime agency resigned following a scandal in his home country.

JERUSALEM, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Israel will soon decide whether it will include 50 "heavy" Palestinian prisoners in a possible exchange for kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit, Arab media says.

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NEW YORK, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- A whistle-blower who helped prosecute U.S. pharmaceutical giant Pfizer was the most influential person in business ethics in 2009, a private think tank said.

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WARSAW, Poland, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- A Polish research institute alleges former Communist Interior Minister Czeslaw Kiszczak sabotaged the inquiry into the killing of poet Grzegorz Przemyk.

NEWBURG, Ore., Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Willamette Filbert Growers of Newberg, Ore., has recalled nearly 30,000 pounds of shelled hazelnuts because of a risk of salmonella, federal officials said.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Sweden's Defense Materiel Administration has contracted Saab for the company to deliver Gripen fighter aircraft spare parts as part of a supply agreement.

TEL AVIV, Israel, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Israel's new long-range unmanned aerial vehicle, unveiled by Elbit Industries this week, adds a new dimension to the military's capabilities against Iran -- not just boosting its surveillance reach but perhaps even attacking air defenses with remote-controlled Hellfire missiles.

OTTAWA, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Average Canadian household spending was up 2 percent on an annual basis to $71,360 in 2008, Statistics Canada reported from Ottawa Friday.